Masaaki Takarai

Acting

Masaaki Takarai

Born November 2, 1975 · Tokyo, Japan (age 50)

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Known For

DeparturesDepartures · 2008
Departures
★ 7.92008
MovieDrama
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
Swing GirlsSwing Girls · 2004
Swing Girls
★ 7.92004
MovieComedyMusic
A group of delinquent high school girls form a band when they accidentally poison their school's brass band and have to replace them.
Shall We Dance?Shall We Dance? · 1996
Shall We Dance?
★ 7.51996
MovieMusicComedy
A bored accountant spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.
Crazy Samurai MusashiCrazy Samurai Musashi · 2020
Crazy Samurai Musashi
★ 5.92020
MovieAction
In 1604, Miyamoto Musashi attacked the Yoshioka family at their dojo and defeated master Seijūrō and his younger brother Denshichirō in two duels. To save their reputation, the Yoshioka family decides to fight back with all 100 family members and hire an additional 300 samurai. Now Musashi sets out to defeat all 400 enemies in his most famous battle.
August in the WaterAugust in the Water · 1995
August in the Water
★ 7.21995
MovieScience FictionDrama
A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.
Lady Red RoseLady Red Rose · 2006
Lady Red Rose
★ 4.72006
MovieDrama
Based on the novel by Oniroku Dan.
Sumo Do, Sumo Don'tSumo Do, Sumo Don't · 1992
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
★ 6.81992
MovieComedy
A college senior, Shuhei, is blackmailed by a professor into joining the school's sumo team. He is aided by a group of misfits who must team together to defeat their rivals or face disgrace and the disbandment of the sumo club.
One-PercenterOne-Percenter · 2023
One-Percenter
★ 6.32023
MovieAction
After his devastatingly fast, samurai-style combat approach sets filmmakers against him, a legendary action star films his own movie—on turf claimed by feuding yakuza gangs, including Japan’s deadliest martial arts assassin.

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That's Cheating! The Biggest Plan in History?That's Cheating! The Biggest Plan in History? · 1996
That's Cheating! The Biggest Plan in History?
★ 7.01996
MovieComedy
The setting is the prestigious, traditional Japan University of Science. Mitsugu Kimura, a top-achieving student, is a resident of Sigma House, a student dormitory. Mitsugu is joined by a group of unique, problematic students with the lowest grades, but Sigma House is in danger of being demolished. Professor Migita, who is conspiring to build a hotel on campus, has plotted to close the dormitory unless all the students get straight A's on their next exams. In Campus Academic Wars, students wage a cheating war against a corrupt university professor, with the survival of Sigma House at stake. Will glory or ruin await them at the end of this righteous(?) cheating that brings together all their intelligence and physical strength? Namie Amuro, the top J-pop music sensation, plays one of the students. Screening alongside the film In Tomoko's Case (starring Rie Tomosaka, directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro) as a double feature theatrical release.